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Hepscott Coal Co. Ltd.

Warning: This is not intended to be an exhaustive history of the company, but an indication of the changes of ownership and the links between companies and directors in those companies. Only collieries, pits etc. in the North of England are shown - the company may own other properties etc. outside this area and there may have been other changes of ownership etc. for which we currently do not have details.


1911

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1911-12-08  Official Notice from The London Gazette


1912

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1912-01-19  Official Notice from The London Gazette


1925

Collieries/Mines Owned

Employees
Name of Mine  Locality  Manager  Under Above
 ground  ground
Barmoor  Morpeth  J. E. Barker  37  6  
Hepscott  Morpeth    –  –  Closed


1930

Collieries/Mines Owned

Employees
Name of Mine  Locality  Manager  Under Above
 ground  ground
Barmoor  Morpeth  J. E. Barker  42  12  


1933

Company Details

Registered Office: Barmoor Colliery, Morpeth, Northumberland
Seams Worked: Barmoor, Splint, Band, Brockwell
Power Used: Electric, 20,000 to 440 volts
Annual Output:  32,000 tons
Class of Coal: Bunker, Household, Steam
Source: 1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.

Company Directors

Chairman: Wilkinson, Thomas, Greystones, Lanchester, Co. Durham
Managing Director: Scott, George C., Barmoor Colliery, Morpeth
Directors: Atkinson, Jas., Bothal, Morpeth
Engineer: Graham, T.
Manager: Barker, J. E.
Secretary: Hall, John C.
Source: 1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.


1934

Collieries/Mines Owned

Employees
Name of Mine  Locality  Manager  Under Above
 ground  ground
Barmoor  Morpeth  J. E. Barker  56  12  


1940

Company Details

Registered Office: Barmoor Colliery, Morpeth, Northumberland
Seams Worked: Barmoor, Splint, Band, Brockwell
Power Used: Electric, 20,000 to 440 volts
Annual Output:  32,000 tons
Class of Coal: Bunker, Household, Steam
Source: 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.

Company Directors

Chairman: Wilkinson, Thomas, Greystones, Lanchester, Co. Durham
Managing Director: Scott, George C., Barmoor Colliery, Morpeth
Directors: Atkinson, Jas., Bothal, Morpeth
Engineer: Graham, T.
Manager: Barker, J. E.
Secretary: Hall, John C.
Source: 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.

Collieries/Mines Owned

Employees
Name of Mine  Locality  Manager  Under Above
 ground  ground
Barmoor  Morpeth  J. E. Barker  67  15  
Isabella  Morpeth  J. E. Barker  –  –  


1947 - at the time of Nationalisation

Company Details

Registered Office: Barmoor Colliery, Morpeth, Northumberland
Source: 1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.

Company Directors

Chairman: Wilkinson, Thos., Greystones, Lanchester, Co. Durham
Managing Director: Scott, George C., Barmoor Colliery, Morpeth
Directors: Atkinson, Jas., Bothal, Morpeth
Manager: Barker, J. E.
Secretary: Hall, John C.
Source: 1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.


1952

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1952-02-08  Official Notice from The London Gazette


1955

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1955-03-18  Official Notice from The London Gazette


Sources
  • 1925 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1934 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory published by Louis Cassier Co. Ltd.
  • 1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.

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